ANGELICO, Fra
(b. ca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma)

Scenes from the Life of Christ

1451-52
Tempera on panel, 123 x 123 cm
Museo di San Marco, Florence

The scenes on this panel:

Mystic Wheel

Annunciation

Nativity

Circumcision

Adoration of the Magi

Presentation at the Temple

Flight into Egypt

Massacre of the Innocents

Christ among the Doctors

Latin texts from the Old and New testaments are inscribed on scrolls unfurled above and below the episodes. They were added later, not by Angelico, when all of the scenes were complete.




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